sonata

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.

name

/səˈnɑːtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sonata.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sonata.wav /soʊˈneɪtə/

sonata sonatas

From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.

sonatina cantata

sonata-allegro form sonata form sonatalike trio sonata

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